Tips

Mind

Answer Patterns Framework: How answers are structured and intended.
Noam Chomsky: Some thoughts on Noam Chomsky’s work.
Cold Logic: Rigid reasoning that sacrifices empathy and human dignity for strict efficiency.
Comfort and Biases: Table of biases and the fundamental beliefs on which they might be based.
Computation: Tips on computation.
Cultural Cognition: How cultural values and group identities shape how people interpret facts and evidence.
Human Core Challenges: The biological, social, and entropy-based limitations that shape humanity.
Daniel Dennett: Some thoughts on Daniel Dennett’s work.
Desire: Some thoughts on human desire.
Detecting Baloney: How to recognize flawed arguments, manipulative rhetoric, and unsupported claims.
Edge Website: A comment on the Edge website.
Famous Lessons: Smart thinking shortcuts.
Free Will: Examining free will through Harris vs. Dennett.
Limits of Bias: Recognizing that common psychological tendencies are not universal and can be resisted.
Optimism: Some famous optimism quotes, en Español.
Pseudoscience: Tips on pseudoscience.
Reflexivity: What reflexivity is, and strategies for enhancing it.
Roger Penrose: Some thoughts on Roger Penrose’s work.
Science: Tips on science.
Steven Pinker: Some thoughts on Steven Pinker’s work.
Viral Truth: Tips for ensuring truth spreads faster than misinformation.